Many of you know that while instruments, including organs, are often used to accompany Sabbath and Holiday worship in non-Orthodox Synagogues, such is forbidden in the Orthodox "until the Messianic Age and restoration of the Temple." Our Yeshiva starts the regular Friday evening service with Psalms 96-99 sung on the road between our buildings and the Jerusalem campus of Brigham Young U, locally called "Mormon University." Another close neighbor is the Lutheran hospital, school. and chapel, with carilon, the Augusta Victoria complex. At 5pm this past Friday, their caroliner decided on a short concert simultanous with our Psalms. The blend was absolutely beautiful. I enjoyed it, I'm sure I sang better, and I head no comment about it from anyone.
Back to a more railroadie but still musical item: Jerusalem light raill cars have both a horn and a digital bell. The horn, only used to avert a danger, is close to my remembered sound of the horn or whistle of IRT pre-unification subway cars. The digitized bell soiund is definitely based on the classic North American foot-operated under-platform-floor clanger.
Dave- Could you please enlighten us, for those that haven't a clue, what the sound of " IRT pre-unification subway cars" is...something descriptive.
I know you are a huge and loyal fan of the GG1 but that "horn" was just plain outright weird. Was it anything along those lines?
Miningman ... that "horn" was just plain outright weird. Was it anything along those lines?
... that "horn" was just plain outright weird. Was it anything along those lines?
Do you mean the sonorous 'blaaaaaaattttt!"
GG1 horn was more of a short "meep" than a long "blaaaaaat" but perhaps the sound is in the ear of the beholder.
Likely the sound Dave is referring to is a "blaaaaat" but I dunno! Need a descriptive.
Always thought the air horn on SP 4449 was a blaatt. Anyone post a video of it ? Has never been used much a steam boat whistle much better.
From Ed Kaprisky's horn page - listed as from a GG1:
http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3
A Leslie Typhon supposedly from a Daylight locomotive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a402XuGw1pA
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i would characterize the IRT horn as WHAAAAH, possibly G above middle-C, Jerusalem light rail about a half-note higher or maybe a whole note. If my memory is ticking ok.
I am unable to conure up the GG-1 horn sound in my head, because the two-tone blaaaat of the EP-5 Jets gets in the way.
For some reason, I cannot conjure up the sound of the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6W0XEqOLw&t=38s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtcjqoGnpm0&t=2m23s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSTNZDfqmbU&t=3m
Well this is kinda fun...so far we have a "blaaaaaat", a "meep", a whaaaaaah, and previously a "haaaamp". Of course anyone stumbling upon reading these posts would think we are a bunch of loons.
Loons have a distinct sound of their own, too.
Miningman ... anyone stumbling upon reading these posts would think we are a bunch of loons.
And we loons call to each other at the fall of night...
Miningman Well this is kinda fun...so far we have a "blaaaaaat", a "meep", a whaaaaaah, and previously a "haaaamp". Of course anyone stumbling upon reading these posts would think we are a bunch of loons.
I think I'm beginning to settle on the baritone plaintive appeal of a horny trumpeter swan cob. When I think of that sound, it's pretty darned close.
selectorI think I'm beginning to settle on the baritone plaintive appeal of a horny trumpeter swan cob. When I think of that sound, it's pretty darned close.
Wasn't there a story about a lovesick moose attracted to a locomotive - or was it a cartoon?
Very different from that very funny Christmas card Alan Cripe sent out that had Rudolph on it...
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